Madieu Williams is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Williams in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Williams's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2004 | 22–23 | CIN | 16 | — | 82 | 67 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 23–24 | CIN | 4 | — | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 24–25 | CIN | 15 | — | 71 | 52 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 25–26 | CIN | 13 | — | 64 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 26–27 | MIN | 9 | — | 39 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 27–28 | MIN | 16 | — | 58 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 28–29 | MIN | 14 | — | 67 | 42 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 29–30 | SF | 5 | — | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 30–31 | WAS | 16 | — | 87 | 54 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 |
| Career | — | 108 | — | 492 | 366 | 126 | 7 | 9 | 5.5 | 21.5 | 13 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
68 career value over replacement — #1706 all-time of 4,695. 7.6/season above a replacement-level S.
Pick #56 (Rd 2) · CIN · 2004 · +11.9 vs expected KV-H
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A quality defensive back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Worth 68 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 37% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.3 on average.See board →
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6 seasons × ~11.3 surplus ≈ VORP 68
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